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Man reported missing from Rumney found in N.C.

Hugh Armstrong located 240 miles from hometown

Hugh Armstrong has been found safe in his home state of North Carolina, say authorities.

Man reported missing from Rumney found in N.C.

Hugh Armstrong located 240 miles from hometown

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Updated: 9:29 AM EDT Aug 12, 2012

MARION, N.C. —

A vacationer who went missing in July near Stinson Lake in Rumney has been found in North Carolina after walking, hitchhiking, and even picking up odd jobs for money on his nearly 1,000 mile journey there.

Hugh Armstrong, 72, was located at about 1 a.m. Saturday walking along the road in Marion, N.C., about 240 miles west of his hometown in Clayton, N.C.

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Armstrong had walked away from his campsite while vacationing in New Hampshire and was reported missing by his family.

When he was found, police said Armstrong was confused and wasn't sure where he was going, but overall, he was in good physical health, said police.

"He physically was in very good health, mentally or memory-wise, not so well, but (Hugh) definitely had some ideas of where he needed to be," said Jeffrey McLaughlin, Armstrong's son-in-law.

It appears Armstrong made his way to North Carolina by walking and hitchhiking, said authorities.

Armstrong had no money with him, but he stopped to get a job barreling hay on a farm in Pennsylvania and another loading furniture at a factory in North Carolina, said McLaughlin.

His family said he used an alias during his travels because he forgot his name.

Armstrong will undergo testing over the next few weeks to determine if he suffered any trauma that may have caused his memory loss, according to his family.